Schifre Z. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Schifre Z., who was born in Dolhinow, near Vilna, Poland, in 1929. Using vivid and poetic language, and taking care to name the Polish non-Jews who helped her and her family, Mrs. Z. describes her prewar childhood; the German occupation of her town; forced labor; the suffering of her brother at the hands of the Nazis; the liquidation and burning of her town while she hid in a nearby village, and what she saw when she returned; and hiding with her family, first in the attics of the house and barn of sympathetic non-Jews, and later, when this became unsafe, in the forest, where she and her family remained until liberation. She also reflects on the continuing presence of wartime memories, her religious beliefs, and her attitude towards others.
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- Z., Schifre, -- 1929-
Subjects
- Child survivors.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Hiding.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Forced labor.
- Women.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Dolginovo (Minskai︠a︡ oblast,́ Belarus)
- Vilna (Poland)
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Poland.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat